Steelworkers Financial Secretary in Kentucky Pleads Guilty

On August 6, Mark Gilbert, former financial secretary of United Steelworkers Local 805, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky to embezzling $8,467.10 in funds from the Florence, Ky.-based union. He had been indicted in June. The actions follow an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.